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Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Article 8605. Standard Of Gasoline Or Motor Fuel

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Art. 8605. STANDARD OF GASOLINE OR MOTOR FUEL.  (a) No 
person, firm, association of persons, or corporation shall sell, 
offer for sale, or expose for sale, or possess or store with the 
intention to sell, as gasoline or motor fuel, any substance, 
liquid, or product of petroleum which falls below the standard of 
gasoline or motor fuel, the minimum requirement of which such 
standard shall be determined by the following distillation range:
	1. When the thermometer reads 167 degrees Fahrenheit not less 
than ten (10) per cent shall be evaporated.
	2. When the thermometer reads 284 degrees Fahrenheit not less 
than fifty (50) per cent shall be evaporated.
	3. When the thermometer reads 392 degrees Fahrenheit not less 
than ninety (90) per cent shall be evaporated.
	4. The end or dry point of distillation must not be over 437 
degrees Fahrenheit.
	5. The residue shall not exceed two (2) per cent.                              
	6. Sulphur shall not exceed twenty one hundredths (0.20) per 
cent.           
	(b)  Motor fuel or gasoline shall be volatile hydro-carbon 
fuel, free from water and suspended matter, and shall be 
practicable and/or suitable for use as fuel in internal combustion 
engines.

Acts 1919, p. 213.  Amended by Acts 1933, 43rd Leg., p. 94, ch. 46, 
Sec. 2;  Acts 1935, 44th Leg., p. 396, ch. 154, Sec. 2.

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